This is exactly one big part of what's wrong. The new UI buries conversational aspects. @jackhttps://twitter.com/mrmedina/status/847664212553850882 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted alex medina
This is exactly one big part of what's wrong. The new UI buries conversational aspects. @jackhttps://twitter.com/mrmedina/status/847664212553850882 …
zeynep tufekci added,
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Staci D Kramer
Yep. Old style, it's clear if a tweet is a reply, and to whom. New: it's hidden. Tweets float as if stand alone.https://twitter.com/sdkstl/status/847665484510121984 …
zeynep tufekci added,
Another example. Only after I *clicked* on Anil's tweet did I confirm that he was indeed replying to me and @jack. Absolutely hidden before.pic.twitter.com/byHWDWEMh6
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Staci D Kramer
Another issue.. People need to be able to *re-order* the replies as a means to control visibility—a social factor.https://twitter.com/sdkstl/status/847827594015899649 …
zeynep tufekci added,
Almost everything confusing with new UI comes from missing how UI is *also* about social conventions. Have to preserve those thru updates.
Also, if ten people start replying to a conversation below this, and I mute it, is it muted from that point on? Or the whole thing? No clue.
zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci
To patch threads: Here's why I find the new UI unusable. I've lost control of visibility.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/847658967685750786 …
zeynep tufekci added,
Remember when Twitter replaced block with mute? Had to rollback quickly. My piece from then. Same problem now. @jack https://medium.com/message/whats-wrong-with-twitters-latest-experiment-with-broadcasting-favorites-a7c0c81896f7 …pic.twitter.com/FJGDCkDnQQ
I'd love it if Twitter allows (5? 10?) @ mentions—not counted in 140. I'd even like more chars! But rest of new UI steps on social Twitter.
I keep thinking about how hard it is now to do threads when every other tweet has "REPLYING TO @MCCLURE111" at the top interrupting the text
If it's that hard to recode the platform, the design must be terrible.
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